The New York Times | January 17, 2017 The Justice Department completed a deal with Deutsche Bank on Tuesday that will require the bank to pay $7.2 billion for its sale of toxic mortgage securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, the department said.

The settlement calls on Deutsche Bank to pay a civil penalty of $3.1 billion and provide $4.1 billion in consumer relief to homeowners, borrowers and communities harmed by its practices.

The total is the largest amount ever paid to resolve charges against a single entity for misleading investors in residential mortgage-backed securities, the department said in a statement. Read more here.

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